Pay-as-you-enter attachment for street-cars.



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I hung I UNITED STATES oATEN'r OFFICE.

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PAY-70min ATTACHMENT FOR BTJtEET'CARR.

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Application llel August 81. 1909. Serial Ito. 515.460.

M Pa 40- You Enter Attahtncnt for l'ltraatof which the foll'owin in it The invmtion relates to a attachment for street earn.

of the prenontinvuttion is to simple, inexpensive and etlioient pa y-aa-yon-enter providea 4noa-enter attachment, ada nod to hel l on ltreet ears to clone partially the litranee of can of any dimensions to prevent than one person at a time from )ttflfilltg II or entrance am thereby converting an o inary atreotv oar into'a pagi-aa-you-enter car without retnmloling the an car.

A further ohjeet o! the illt't'llllntl is to "'0- V .t pay-aa-you-enter attachment. w llt'll will not tlhe up III? of the room or spaoe of the latfonn ant which will enable the meme or bonltricting the door way or entrance to he readily tranaferml from one p lot a car to the other, when the motorllpa and conductor change ends at theend of ith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the eonstruolion and novaleomhinatton of parts hereinafter fully daaer bed, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereto a pend v it being understood that variona in the form, pmpot'tiomsize and minor {ls of constr'pction, within the scope of the eIauna may bgreeorted to without taparttn from the aptrit. or sacrificing the vantaea of the invention.

drawing z-Fignre l is a transverse I view ch ed pay aa-you-enter atta ment, eonatrncl in "dance with this invention. the guard m baiagextended constricting the door way or entrance 40! til:

car. Fig. 2 in a similar new, the qtenaible guard being closed. Fig. 8; u a hortaontal aectional view. the parts being arranged aaillaatrated in Fi .1. Fi 4 u an enla l sectional vieivot' tile attach ment, the parts-being arranged as nhown in numeral:

.e: p a na t m 3 pa are: 0 as In theetnbodiment oi the invention illusof a car, equipped with a.

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of the our to the other at the end of a trip.

hat 'oaeh Hill of a oar may he otuipped with a oomph-to attaohment. and w a-n. tho attachment is in its olo-od pmition. an llltlstraded in Fig. .5 ol' the tll'IHVlllflfi. it is out of the way and it alao forum a mnweniont handle to a.-.-i.-t pormn in hoarding tho oar o-qrooially when tho Httlllt iin motion. The guard or gate is adapted to extend from tho near side of tho doorwav partially across the same to form a partial barrier and \'ot allow the |t:t.-.'-t'tt; 'tl'.-' to enter tho oar. The horizontal tuhular llltllIlItlh'Jltt arranged in mralleli-m at tho top and hottom of the attachment, and they are preferably secured to the our by means of Stit'li oll and ln'noltot ii. The fitlt'kt'ifl' I. 'llltll receive tho outer t'lltln' of tho tnlnllor momh.-rs'2. are provided with .nttaohing portions ti. whioh are Mtlllt'tl h arrows. or other suitable l'a.-'tonin; |noanto tho oar. an; oloarly illustrated in Fig. -l of the draw logs. The hraolt'ots .n. which are rt't'lll't'tl to tho oar atljaoont to the door way. oonsial of vertical attaohing. plates and oylindrioal portions 7. whioh root-ire tho innor otnlof tho luhnlar llll'llllK'l'h.

' The extensible guard l ispreferably cunsll'ltt'loel ol' luhnlar metal and is omn m=ed of upper and lower horizontal lttlt's or hare 8 and an intermediate har 9. whioh are ounm'olctl with a \orlioal end tnho or bar 10 by terminal elhow ontlpllltgn' It and an intermediate T-slnuiod coupling l2. The upper and lower how or lllllt's 8 lt'lt h't'tlpt into tho. tubular an iporling tnolulaa's 2 and are adapted to he I rawn outward to permit the guard to be extended partially aortm the door way or ontrauoo of the ear. as shown in Fig. l to oonstriot the same and prevent more than one passenger from ontering the car at a time, therohy permitting 'the conductor to-reamin on the rear platform and collect the lam and see that the patezeagera nat'elv enter and leave the ear.

The intermediate hat: or member 9 exlit) tenda through a guide lit, eonaiating of a. bracket having cylindrical portion preaentmg an openm to the intermediate tube or bar 0. which a idea through the opening. The outer end of the bar 9 ia provided with a removable pin 14, piercing such bar or tube and arranged to engage the bracket 13 to limit the slidable movonu'nt of the guard to "event the same from becoming accidental y disconnected from the horizontal supporting members 2. The. )l" may be removed to permit the slidable guard to be detached and transferred from omead of the car to the other.

when the guard is extended, an illustrated in Figs. 1 and 8 of the drawings, it constricts'the door way or entrance to the interior of the car, and tho'pnsu-ngers m1- compelled in entering the our to take the route ,intllcalt'tl by the dotted line a. 'l'ho conductor stands at the rear end of the car buck of the line of pllhht'llflt'lrl and oollecta the fares as the pttttflt'nget'a pate-a into the car. When the guard is moved to its closed position, the entire door way or entrance is exposed and the passengers in leaving are permitted to take the course indicated b the dotted line b. The device is ap licable to all kinds of street cars provid at either or both ends with a platform, and while it is preferred to mnetruct the guard of tubular metal. it ma be made of any other suitable material. 1 avin thus fully described my invention,

what I c aim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

1. A pay-as-vou-enter attachment for street cars including apaeed horizontal tubular members arranged at. difl'erent elevations and deai ted to be aecured to a car at one aide of t door way or entrance into the same, and a guard having burs slidablc' in the tubular members to extend the guard partially across the dodr way or entrance and to arrange' the guard out of the way.

2. A pay-aaou-enter attachment for street earl inclu in apaced horizontal tubular members arranged at difletent elevations and deai ed to be secured to a car at one aide of to door way or entrance into the name, a guard having bara alidable in the tubular membera to extend the guard partially aeroaa the door wa or entrance and to arrange the guard out o the way, and means for limitin the alidable movement of the guard and or permittin the lame to be detached and tranaferred rom one end of the ear to the other.

8. A pay-aa-you-enter attachment for atwetcara including spaced tubular membeta doaitzm-d to be aernrul to a car at one aide of tho dror way. a'alidable guard having member aml provided with a member apa from the said'membera; a fixed guide meivingthe latter member, and a detachable atop carried by the same and arranged to engage the guide. -l. pu y-as-you-ontor attachment for street cars including upper and lower fixed tubular memlx-rel. n uard havinpupper and lower bars slidable in the tub dar members, said guard being also provided with an intermediate bar. a lined guide alidabl receiving the intermediate bar, and andwning dt-vioe piercing theoutor end of the inter mediate bar and nrranfiged to engage the guide to limit the slidnb e movement of the guard and to permit the nunn to be detached. 5. A .pay-esou-ontor attachment for street earn inriu ing hpact-d horizontal tubular members designed to be secured at their outer ends to a car at one end of the door tin-roof, brackets having;v circular openings receiving the inner portions of the tubular members, it guide located between the brack ets and having an o po ed. of ugper an lower bars teleeco ing mto the tu ular membera, an interm iate bar alidable through the said guide and provided a, he outer end with a detachable device for engagin the said guard, and means for connecting t in inner ends of the bara.

ti? The combination with a car, of a as-youenter attachment therefor inclu in a horizontal tubular member mounted on the car at one side of the door or entrance on forming a fixed handle, a guide alao moun on the car, and a elidable guard having bar: operating in the tubular member and m the guide, and means carried by the guard and arranged to engage the tubular member for limiting the sliding movement of the guard.

7. The combination with a car, of a gayasvou-entor attachment therefor mclu mg guides on the rear and of the car between the nrur tiitlo and the door-ya and ti movublu guard or gate alidable In t e 31nd! and adapted to pro ect partially across the dourning, and a guard com-- way and form a partial barrier and yet allow entrance to the car.

In testimony, that I clann the! as my own, I have hereto aflixed my atgnature in the prteenee of two witnesses.

HARRY 'J. DRESSEL.

Wi tnemea Gm. J. Uh'rrucmza, lrrrnn J. Un'rznnmna. 

